raknovel Chapter 84 Even Dad Doesn't Give Me Face
Chapter 84 Even Dad Doesn't Give Me Face
Chapter 84 Even Dad Doesn't Give Me Face
"Son! Your world will grow bigger and bigger, while your father's world will only get smaller and smaller."
"Dad is getting old!"
Huang Yiliang's office.
Huang Haidong was halfway through his emotional appeal when Gao Yuanyuan walked in.
Huang Haidong immediately straightened his back and instantly regained his youth.
"Sister Yuanyuan, this is my dad!" Huang Yiliang introduced.
Gao Yuanyuan?
Huang Haidong's eyes widened. He knew his son was awesome, but he didn't know he was this awesome.
You brat, you're completely turning things upside down! Gao Yuanyuan is the dream girl that your old man has been longing for but can't have.
"Hello, Uncle!" Sister Yuanyuan greeted him politely.
"uncle?"
Huang Haidong's expression was particularly strange: "I'm not that old, am I?"
Gao Yuanyuan was also quite embarrassed.
Unlike his son, Huang Haidong pays special attention to his appearance and looks like he's in his early thirties.
"You do!" Huang Yiliang directly exposed his own father's shortcomings.
"Sister Yuanyuan, just call him Uncle Dong!"
"Uncle Dong!" Sister Yuanyuan quickly nodded to ease the awkwardness.
"What exactly do you want?" Huang Yiliang asked.
Huang Haidong's unwarranted emotional appeals are definitely not a good thing.
"Cough cough—!" Huang Haidong coughed twice.
"Yi Liang, Xiao Xiao seemed to need to talk to me, so I'll go out for a bit." Sister Yuanyuan tactfully made an excuse to leave.
After seeing Gao Yuanyuan close the office door, Huang Haidong couldn't help but give his beloved son a thumbs up.
"How did you do that?" Huang Haidong asked without hesitation.
"Of course it's about talent, not just smooth talk!" Huang Yiliang said irritably.
"What exactly happened?"
"Didn't the company make 100 million? I'd like to withdraw 10 million for my own use," Huang Haidong said cautiously.
He didn't know when it started, but he found himself somewhat afraid of his son.
This is unbelievable! I wasn't afraid of anyone when I was young!
"What do you need ten million for?" Huang Yiliang asked.
"I've made it to the finals, so I'll just spend some money to pull some strings," Huang Haidong said, rubbing his fingers together.
"Damn it! This is a CCTV1 program, right?! It can even move around?" Huang Yiliang looked at his father in surprise.
"What are you saying? CCTV1 needs to make money too! Necessary public relations expenses still need to be spent." Huang Haidong looked at his son as if it were commonplace.
Although the Avenue of Stars is said to be a dual voting system involving both the audience and judges, there are subtleties to the order of appearance, the duration of exposure, and even the camera language used by the photographers.
Huang Haidong himself works at a TV station, so his son is just a nobody compared to him.
"Has Uncle Zhang been eliminated? These expenses shouldn't be your responsibility to pay for!" Huang Yiliang questioned.
Huang Haidong immediately said, "We can't let your Uncle Zhang pay every time!"
The most popular contenders for the title on Avenue of Stars are: A Bao, Phoenix Legend, and Huang Haidong, followed by Uncle Zhang Xianzong.
Zhang Xianzong's identity as a wealthy mine owner made his participation in the competition very newsworthy, and the production team intentionally or unintentionally gave him the green light several times.
Of course, now that Huang Haidong has been revealed as the chairman of Huang Liangmeng Music, he is even more of a topic of discussion.
The production team also prefers to let him win the championship. Of course, you also have to live up to expectations. The production team can't possibly elevate someone who scores 60 points to 100 points. Your own abilities must be at least at the level of 80 or 90 points.
Huang Yiliang decisively refused his father's request: "I don't have ten million, at most I only have one million."
"good!"
As soon as Huang Yiliang finished speaking, his father immediately agreed.
"Damn it, we've fallen for their trap." Huang Yiliang glared angrily at his father.
Clearly, Huang Haidong originally wanted one million.
Huang Haidong chuckled: "Let me teach you another life lesson: never trust anyone, including your own father."
Huang Yiliang:
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"Oh, right!"
Huang Haidong walked to the door, then suddenly stopped.
"If it's about finding a girlfriend, Xiao Xiao would be better, you know what I mean."
Huang Yiliang: "None of your business! Mind your own business!"
"Hey, you won't listen to your elders, huh! You'll learn your lesson later. No one who makes it big in the entertainment industry is easy."
After Huang Haidong finished speaking, he sensed that his son was about to explode, so he quickly made his escape.
"Liying, who is this guy?!"
Huang Haidong walked to the company's front desk and saw Zhao Liying being harassed by a short man. He immediately went over to her.
"Hello, Chairman!" Zhao Liying greeted obediently.
"He came to apply for a job, but our company's recruitment has already ended, and he insists on waiting here," Zhao Liying said.
"Young man, what's going on?" Huang Haidong asked.
Uncle Dong judges people by first impressions, and he thought the young man in front of him who looked like Zhao Benshan was quite good.
"Uncle Dong, hello! You really are the chairman! I'm a fan of yours, my name is Zhao Jian. My flight was delayed, please give me another chance!"
"I can do anything, singing, writing lyrics, composing music, arranging, recording, doing odd jobs, I can do it all." Zhao Jian quickly stood up.
"How about a guitar?" Huang Haidong asked.
"The guitar is perfectly fine!" Zhao Jian happened to be carrying a guitar on his back.
"Uncle Dong, I'll play you a song right now, it's 'BJBJ'." Zhao Jian said excitedly as he played and sang.
"As I walk down every street here, my heart never seems to find peace."
Huang Haidong knew this young man had excellent singing skills just from the first line.
"It's ready! Have you eaten yet?" Huang Haidong asked.
"Not yet," Zhao Jian answered honestly.
"Come on, Uncle Dong will take you to eat. It just so happens that our guitarist from the 'Years By' band is injured. Uncle Dong will take you to the Avenue of Stars." Huang Haidong patted Zhao Jian on the shoulder.
"Uncle Dong, are you serious?!" Zhao Jian exclaimed, his eyes wide with excitement.
At that moment, he saw Uncle Dong as a sacred and radiant being.
"Chairman, he needs to sign a contract first if he wants to join your band."
Little Potato quickly reminded Huang Haidong that she was no longer a clueless little girl; the "Time Flies" band had already made a name for itself, and many people were willing to pay money to join the band but had no chance.
"We'll talk about it later!"
Huang Haidong waved and walked towards the elevator.
Zhao Jian, with his keen observation skills, quickly followed and pressed the elevator button for her.
Zhao Jian: "Uncle Dong, you're my idol, let me treat you!"
Huang Haidong: "You can't compete with Uncle Dong for the treat, or he'll be unhappy."
Little Potato hurriedly ran to Huang Yiliang's office. She felt it was necessary to report this to the boss, as Uncle Dong was sometimes too impulsive.
My company has so many guitarists, why not give the opportunity to an outsider?
If Huang Yiliang had been there, he would have agreed with Huang Haidong's decision.
He might also get Zhao Jian a perm and a more handsome name.
"Yi Liang, isn't Uncle Dong the lead singer of the band 'Time Flies' on the 'Avenue of Stars' program?" Sister Yuan Yuan asked belatedly.
"Yes! Do you watch 'Avenue of Stars' too?" Huang Yiliang nodded.
"I love watching music programs, okay? I even cast a lot of votes for Uncle Dong's band." Sister Yuanyuan rolled her eyes in annoyance.
She was too embarrassed to say that she was still a fan of Uncle Dong's songs, and especially liked "In the Spring".
Moreover, she never expected that Huang Haidong and Huang Yiliang were actually father and son. Now, looking closely at Huang Yiliang's face, they do look quite alike.
It's just that their temperaments don't match; Uncle Dong looks like a lewd old man.
Huang Yiliang, her husband, seems like an honest man.
Forgive her! Sister Yuanyuan's taste is actually quite similar to that of little Shishi.
Lion Girl can be excused for being too young, but Sister Yuan Yuan is really...
Campus shopping website office building.
"Brother Liang, you really made a hundred million in a month!" Li Erpang said, drooling.
"You believe entertainment news reports? Yesterday there was a report saying Yang Kun has testicular cancer, do you believe that?" Huang Yiliang scolded with an unfriendly expression.
This is something that only his family and friends know; Huang Yiliang will absolutely not admit it if others ask.
"Oh no! Yang Kun has testicular cancer? That's fucking terrible!"
"Is this going to need to be cut up?"
"They've already diagnosed it as cancer, can it be completely removed during surgery?"
"Why can't I cut it clean? Keep cutting towards the base!"
Li Erpang and Zheng Yuchuan, having been led astray by Huang Yiliang, were discussing how to cut Yang Kun's testicles.
"Cough cough—!" Liu Qiangdong had no choice but to pretend to cough to remind the two guys not to go off-topic.
"Brother Liang... Brother Liang!"
Liu Qiangdong is exactly thirty years old this year, and he feels somewhat uncomfortable calling an eighteen-year-old "brother".
"Is that really Gao Yuanyuan outside?" Liu Qiangdong asked furtively.
Sister Yuanyuan is taking photos with the employees of the campus shopping website outside the conference room. She is very happy to take photos with her fans.
Huang Yiliang glanced at Liu Qiangdong speechlessly. "Aren't you face-blind?"
You're afraid others will know your wife is beautiful, aren't you!
No, a gentle embrace is a hero's home. This is so that Brother Qiangdong can focus on his career without distractions.
The Milk Tea Sister is such a femme fatale, I'd better deal with her myself!
By this time, Qiang Dong had already broken up with his first love, and he was now incredibly strong.
"Let's get down to business!" Huang Yiliang slammed his hand on the table.
Liu Qiangdong ultimately failed to withstand Li Erpang's attack.
Li Erpang is shameless. He had employees of the campus shopping website smear Liu Qiangdong on various forums, causing Qiangdong's sales to drop by 80% this month.
Qiang Dong had just closed all his offline stores this year and gone all in on online sales. But Li Erpang's actions left him with no way out.
He did consider debunking the rumors, but it's easy to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of effort to debunk them.
Moreover, the employees at the campus shopping website were despicable. They didn't say it was definitely a lie, but only said things like it looked like a fake, it was probably a fake, it didn't look like the real thing, and the real thing couldn't be this cheap.
This made it impossible for Liu Qiangdong to sue them even if he wanted to.
"I don't need your data. This is data I had someone investigate. As of December, JD.com's total sales for the year are 8.5 million yuan." Huang Yiliang threw a data sheet on the table.
"No, my statistics show ten million," Liu Qiangdong quickly said.
"Look at the statistics table yourself. Don't you know how those transaction figures of over a million came about?" Huang Yiliang said with a stern face.
Liu Qiangdong picked up the data sheet provided by Huang Yiliang and looked at it carefully. He cursed inwardly. This was definitely data leaked by an internal employee. There was a mole in the team!
"Is everything alright now? Sales revenue is 8.5 million, but what about the profit?" Huang Yiliang paused here.
"How much?" Li Erpang chimed in promptly.
Huang Yiliang said, "I'm in debt for three million eight hundred thousand."
"Negative? That means you lost 3.8 million. Did you falsify the accounts? How could you lose money by buying low and selling high?" Zheng Yuchuan looked at Liu Qiangdong in disbelief.
Liu Qiangdong didn't talk to idiots; he turned to look at Huang Yiliang.
"JD.com currently has 110,000 registered users, of which 60,000 have made purchases and 20,000 have made multiple purchases," Liu Qiangdong stated directly, highlighting JD.com's most important asset.
These are the users that Huang Yiliang truly wants.
It's important to know that JD.com now operates on a direct sales model and only covers major cities. These registered users are definitely high-quality users, completely different from the fake users on Taobao.
"Mr. Li!" Huang Yiliang gestured for Li Erpang to show Liu Qiangdong the backend data of the campus shopping website.
Currently, the campus shopping website has covered 25 universities in Beijing and is expanding to the 26th university. It has 120,000 registered users, but as many as 80,000 of them are making purchases, and 60,000 of them are repeat customers.
"These are users promoted by Zhiyou.com. Once you leave Zhiyou.com, your user base will definitely plummet." Liu Qiangdong had obviously also investigated campus shopping websites.
"Uh—! I founded Zhiyou.com," Huang Yiliang said modestly.
Liu Qiangdong's eyes widened.
"Did you found Zhiyou.com?"
Liu Qiangdong slapped himself inexplicably: "I knew the campus shopping website's page would be so beautiful, I should have thought of that sooner."
"What else is there to say? I agree to merge JD Multimedia Network into the campus shopping network."
Zheng Yuchuan just said that JD.com buys low and sells high, so how come it still loses money? That money is spent on promotion fees. The millions that JD.com earns every year are all spent on paying promotion fees to various portal websites.
JD.com has absolutely no traffic entry points of its own.
The reason why campus shopping websites were able to make a profit from the beginning was because they saved on this part of the money; otherwise, the little money they earned just from promotion fees wouldn't have been enough to cover the costs.
"I need to see JD.com's financial statements."
After Huang Yiliang called the finance department in to check JD.com's financial statements, they discovered that JD.com had no bank loans.
It seems that Liu Qiangdong, that scoundrel, made quite a bit of money when he was running physical stores!
The next step is to discuss the redistribution of shares.
This is a massive project.
Liu Qiangdong also called over several key members of JD.com, and the group argued for several days and nights before finally reaching a consensus.
After the integration of the new company, Huang Yiliang holds 65% of the shares, Li Erpang holds 15%, Liu Qiangdong holds 15%, and Zheng Yuchuan holds 5%.
At this point, "Jingdong Multimedia Network" was renamed "Youpin Shopping Network".
The website was developed free of charge by the Zhiyou.com team.
This is also one of the important reasons why Liu Qiangdong agreed to Huang Yiliang holding 65% of the shares; he had been eyeing the website design of the campus shopping website for a long time.
Liu Qiangdong was appointed as the company's vice president, in charge of the entire marketing department and the development of offline stores.
Of course, he is still mainly responsible for the original "Youpin Shopping Network" part. The "Campus Shopping Network" model is already very mature and there are no competitors for the time being, so there is no need to make adjustments.
Huang Yiliang also had Liu Qiangdong start a small-scale trial of warehousing and logistics.
As the revenue of the two websites increases, the construction of a self-built logistics network and large warehouses becomes essential.
"Youpin Shopping Network currently sells too few products. I suggest that it focus on 3C digital products in the future."
"I agree!"
Liu Qiangdong was the first to raise his hand in agreement with Huang Yiliang's point of view. He had wanted to do this for a long time. 3C digital products, like the CDs that Liu Qiangdong was currently selling, were both high-profit products with huge price differences compared to offline products, making it easy to build a good reputation.
Li Erpang's focus was on the campus shopping website; he didn't care much about what Liu Qiangdong was up to, as long as he didn't continue to lose money.
Huang Yiliang and Liu Qiangdong talked for several days about the development of offline store pickup points for Youpin Shopping Network, the future development direction of the website, and the obstacles that might be encountered.
Liu Qiangdong regretted it.
His mother wants fewer shares.
After talking with Huang Yiliang, he now has unprecedented confidence in the company's future development.
If it weren't for the non-compete agreement, he would have loved to start his own online shopping website from scratch.
With the upgrade of JD Multimedia Network to the new version of Youpin Shopping Network, coupled with the exclusive promotion of Youpin Shopping Network on the homepage of Zhiyou.com, the number of new user registrations for Youpin Shopping Network is skyrocketing every day. Liu Qiangdong is so excited that he is about to burst his blood vessels.
It feels amazing to have our own people providing traffic entry points; we no longer have to worry about being held back by other portal websites.